M6 crash in North Warwickshire on 24 December 2002 at 13:00 involving an MG MGF
An MG MGF and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the M6 in North Warwickshire at 13:00 on Tuesday 24 December 2002. The 46-year-old female driver of the MG MGF was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2002
- Tuesday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG MGF and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.48174, longitude -1.72122, in the B37 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coleshill South, North Warwickshire, B46 3HN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Warwickshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002230297907
- Council area
- North Warwickshire
- Police force
- Warwickshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Warwickshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2019.
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M6 in North Warwickshire, 6 June 2019
6 m awayRef 2019230845821
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the M6 in Solihull, 10 January 2023
17 m awayRef 2023201284412
Slight
Car crash on the M6 in Solihull, 30 September 1984
42 m awayRef 19842000L1644
Slight
Car crash on the A446 in North Warwickshire, 14 June 1988
42 m awayRef 1988238800927
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M6 in North Warwickshire, 29 May 2008
45 m awayRef 2008230895912
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the M6 in North Warwickshire, 30 March 2001
51 m awayRef 2001230100514
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG MGF)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2002230297907 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Warwickshire road accident statistics for 2002.